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The Annual Topeka Blues Society (TBS) Membership Meeting and Election of the Board will be 11:30 am, Sunday, Aug. 21st at Uncle Bo’s, followed by our Blues Challenge, a Cigar Box guitar raffle, and Silent Auction. All TBS members are invited!

If you are interested in helping keep the blues alive, you can help by serving on the TBS Board. Please email membership@topekabluessociety if you are interested in being on the ballot. Elections will be during the 11:30 am Membership Meeting on August 21st.

Following the membership meeting, Uncle Bo’s will open to the public at noon, and the Topeka Blues Society’s Blues Challenge begins at 1:00 pm. Blues acts will be judged using official International Blues Challenge (IBC) rules and the winner(s) will represent TBS in Memphis in 2017. Interested artists will find the TBS Blues Challenge application on our website under the IBC menu tab.

During the Blues Challenge, we’ll sell raffle tickets and one lucky winner will become the owner of an original Cigar Box guitar created by TBS Treasurer Brad Hern. You may purchase your ticket(s) for $5 each (or 5 for $20) at any TBS event, including our Summertime Blues this Wednesday, during the Blues Challenge on the 21st and/or on our website. You do not need to be present to win.

We are in the dog days of summer, but don’t despair! The third installment of Topeka Blues Society’s FREE Summertime Blues concert series is coming soon in Gage Park! On Wednesday, July 20th, the Ric Barron Band performs, along with another local youth act!

The Ric Barron Band hails from the Greater Topeka/ Kansas City Metro area. Ric Barron is a Kansas Music Hall of Fame inductee for his 20 plus years of work as the lead guitarist for The Exceptions, a very popular band in the Midwest region that is still performing today. The Ric Barron Band plays ROCK-N-ROLL, BLUES, SOUL MUSIC, R & B and FUNK. Band Members are:
Ric Barron – vocals, guitar
Arnie Bryant, guitar, vocals
Clinton Bryant – bass guitar
Howard Bradley, drummer, vocals

Bring your families, young and old, and head to Gage Park for this free concert, presented by the Topeka Blues Society! The Gage Park Amphitheater is at the corner of SW Westlake Ct. & SW Blaisdell Dr., just north of the Blaisdell Family Aquatic Center. Seating available, or bring your own chairs/blankets. Leashed-dog friendly, too!

The Topeka Blues Society is excited to once again participate in the Topeka Gives 2016 event on June 7th at Fairlawn Plaza! Below are some frequently asked questions about this event.

Attached is a donation form, to be printed on legal sized paper. Or you may get your form at the event. Read below for all you want to know about Topeka Gives!

Please consider coming to Fairlawn Plaza on June 7th to donate to the Topeka Blues Society!

What is Topeka Gives? A one-day event, celebrating charitable giving. The Topeka Community Foundation will provide $73,500.00 in “match” money for contributions made to support 158 different nonprofit organizations in the community. ↓ Read the rest of this entry…

Jump, Dance, Listen, and Have a Ball, with The House Jumpers, kicking off Topeka Blues Society’s Summertime Blues concerts!

The Summertime Blues concert series begins in two weeks! Shows are the third Wednesday of each summer month (May – August) from 7:00 – 9:00 pm. Admission is FREE.

Local youth acts will open each show. Bring your families, young and old, and dig some blues all summer long. Leashed dogs welcome, too!

Wednesday, May 18th, 7:00 – 9:00 pm: The House Jumpers, from Lawrence. Opening will be New Blues, youth act from Washburn Rural High School.

The Gage Park Amphitheater is at the corner of SW Westlake Ct. & SW Blaisdell Dr., just north of the Blaisdell Family Aquatic Center. Seating available, or bring your own chairs/blankets.

About The House Jumpers, from their website:

“The House Jumpers play jump blues and rockabilly music. It’s American music with great vocals, big guitar, jumping dance music, fun lyrics, and a great time! This material was originally recorded from about 1948 to 1960 by artists such as BB King, The Liggins Brothers, Big Mama Thornton, and Camille Howard. The House Jumpers cover those great artists and contribute original songs to this wonderful body of American Music.

Our music was born in American cities including Memphis, New Orleans, New York, Dallas, Los Angeles, San Diego, and Kansas City. Early versions of jump blues featured horns, but well-known guitarists, such as T-Bone Walker, pioneered the addition of electric guitar to swing and jump music after WWII. Rockabilly music emerged during the same time through the marriage of rural country music to blues and swing rhythm. Often, a common thread in jump blues and rockabilly is humorous lyrics – music that doesn’t take itself too seriously. After all, life is too short.”